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Jade nodded, pulling out a folding ax from her bag. "Aye. I'll cut if you'll gather? Or we can do it t' other way around if you'd prefer. It's all t' same t' me."

She led the way a little ways back, leaving the pokemon at the camp, back to where she had seen some half dead trees. They were dying anyways, and so she didn't feel like that would hurt anything at all.

It wouldn't take them too long to chop and gather up the wood, and before too long, they were able to return back to camp.

"Whichever works. I can carry." Jack wasn't affronted by heavy loads really. She worked out enough.

She followed Jade briskly, stretching out. It should be a quick effort, with two people. And wood meant fire, and cooked food.

"Do you want to help look for a stream then? Or any place we can find food, really." Lizzie asked the two people that had answered. She didn't want to go by herself before, but if there was a small group on this food expedition, then it shouldn't be so hard for them to find something. Standing up and brushing some dirt off of her pants, she said to the rest of the people, "If anyone else wants to find food with us, we're leaving right now..."

It took some persuasion, but Dora managed to convince the grass-inclined Doduo head to go along with her and the cave-inclined one to bed down out of the wind. While she didn't have a bag of doduo-specific feed, the trainer did have pokéchow on her, and she was more than willing to give some of it to each head. "Poor dear, you don't have to go back there if I have anything to say about it," she said, stroking the birds heads with each hand as it nibbled away.

Meanwhile, Mordred decided to temporarily give up his quest for shinies to enter the cave and demand food. Dora was more than happy to oblige.

Arwen nodded his agreement and rose again. Admittedly, he hadn't traveled much before, and didn't trust himself to be able to find edible plants, but he'd do what he could.

"I'd be glad to help," he said, stepping closer with a timid smile. "My name's Arwen."

((Doop just having this go really slowly since Panda posted in the main thread and it looks like they need to be in the area to partake in the event? XD))

As Shaun headed back to the campsite with George, he answered, "I was planning on the grassy field, too. Salvo takes up a lot of space, after all. And I travel a lot, I'm used to sleeping out in the open."

When they got a fire going, he set his pot of water on the fire to boil. "I found a stream," he explained, "but it's best to boil the water before using. You can never tell if it's safe or not. I have some water purification tablets too, but I don't have too many so I'd rather save those for drinking water."

When Tygress came over and introduced herself, Shaun waved to her. "Welcome, I'm Shaun. Come on over, there's always space around the fire as far as I'm concerned." When she pulled out soup and tea supplies, he offered, "I have some dried beans and vegetables that could be added to a soup, too. I only have a pot big enough for a couple servings, though. Do you have another one?"

Someone mentioned looking for a stream and he said to the group at large, "I found a stream a little ways that way." He gestured towards a rocky path that headed in the right direction. "Dunno how fast it is to get there on foot, but I can be there in a moment on Salvo. If anyone has a bucket or more pots, I can fetch more water. It's probably too dark to fish, though I can bring someone over if they want to try."

Salvo settled down to rest for a moment, then looked over at Tyr. <"Hi Tyr, I'm Salvo,"> he said. <"Flying? It's..."> He has to think for a moment. <"It takes a different kind of effort than walking. Probably more work than walking, and I walk a lot more than I fly. But It's nice seeing things from a different perspective sometimes.">

Kurai was glad to be among friends again...though the Murkrow eying the decoration on her cold-weather clothes made her giggle. She'd give him one of the smaller bits later. But for now...the group plodded along, chattering and keping warm as best they could. She swore someone even managed to snag a Pokemon. But as time passed, the sky grew dark. Things began to get settled, and people began to hunker down for the night. Kurai watched the Murkrow go to join his trainer...and Kurai was inclined to follow. Spending the night in a cave sounded more appetizing in this cold weather than out in the open. Once inside, she slid off Hissy Cow's back, keeping her hand on the Miltank's back. "I hope you all don't mind another pair of warm bodies."

((Sorry for how long it took me to post again! ;___; Brain wasn't playing nice.))